Scoring device.



S. E. PAGE.

SCORING DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 30, 1912.

Patented Feb. '3, 1914.

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' Specification out Letters serene Application fiiefi'August 30, 1912.Serial 717,839:

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYDNEY ELLIo'rr PAGE, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, re-

slding at- London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scoring Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements inscoring devices, ment to a cardin games of cards such as bridge, dominoes, and the like.

The objects of my improvement are, firstly to provide a writing surfacewhich as nearly flush with the table surface as possible; and secondlyto attach the said surface to the table in such a way that it may alwaysbe at hand when wanted. I attain more especially for attachthese objectsby the mechanism illustrated in:

the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents the inventionembodied in a detachable device with a clamping plate andscrews; Fig. 2shows a detachable device with a clamping plate and spring: hinge; andFig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2'

with the The d tachable paper removed.

connection with-a card table a portion of which is indicated at t, butmay beused with any table.

Fig. 1 shows one form of the detachable scorer. The writing is bentaround the edge of the table and-terminates as a clamping plate havingexten sions a through which pass clamping screws 15 by which the surfaceis firmly secured to a table or other support. The paper box e is formedwith the extended flexible side It and the flange 1 which cooperatingwith the catches g removably secure the box to the clamping plate; theridges i provide a paper space between the side It and the plate a.plate is is flexibly secured, or it may preferably be formed with aspring hinge, sothat the paper may be thereby held while being torn offagainstthe sharp edge m. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the writing surfacea has the flap 6 connected by a spring hinge p at one of its long sides,and the writing surface has the long edges overturned, on the right-handside to form a guiding ridge and on the left-hand side to form the hingeand a guiding ridge; the paper fits accurately in the recess formed bythe overturned edges and a. corresponding dip in the cross bars of theflap 6 further serves to hold the table for scoring the pointsshallevice is intended primarily for de- 1 .ruled to suit the gamesurface a in this case paper a steady. The clamping 'plate s is formedintegrally with the brackets '12 and with a serrated edge which ispressed against the underside of the tableby the action of the springhinge 1- formed with a spring strong enough to give a satisfactory gripto hold the plate a. Overturnedparts 9 guide the paper over the bentzdown portion. In order that the paper rollsha-ll not unwind when notrequired, spring strips or tongues Z are formed within press against theedges of the paper roll and prevent it turning owingto the friction setup. In certain cases where but little room is availablethe brackets '22can be so hinged to the clamping plate that they can be pressed with thepaper roll somewhat beyond the edge of the table when the folding legsthereof are up, but may fall back beyond the edge when the legs are downso that the table may be put away on itsedge without damaging thescorer. It will be seen that by providinglugs on the bent down portionsof the surface a the device could readily. be attached to the table byordinary screws passing through the beading strip 11 In any of thefigures provided stamped with the score points of any particular game.

The paper may be in which it is used and the rolls of paper may readilybe changed by springing them into the brack ets v, where they may beprevented from too free rotation by the springs Z, struckup from'themetal of brackets '12.

In Fig. 2, the bar m is to represent the division line used for the gameof bridge Having finished a score, the flap b is raised, the paper 0pulled along and the used part out off against the fine edge a: of theflap b.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is S 1. Thecombination, in a table attachment for scoring and the like, of a; thinbody portion having a downward addition and hav ing overturned lateralstrip of paper from a roll, a flap having a transverse tearing edgethereon, a springcontrolled hinge connecting the said flap and the bodyportion so that the flap normally presses down on the latter, a clampingplate attached to said downward addition and projecting longitudinallyunderneath the end of the body portion to an extent not appreciablygreater than the size of a roll of paper, means for connecting edges forguiding 9.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

the bracket '0 which the space n may be a the clamping plate with theunder surface of a table so that the said body portion may be therebyremovably secured to single table edges of varying thickness whollyfromone end, and means for rotatably securing a single roll of paper on saidclampingplate.

2. The combination, in a table attachment for scoring and the like, of athin body portion having a downward addition and having overturnedlateral edges for guiding a strip of paper from a roll, a cutting-0Eedge flexibly secured to and supported transversely the body portion, aclamping plate projecting longitudinally underneath the end of the bodyportion to an extent not appreciably greater than the size of a fullroll of paper, a spring'controlled hinge between the said clamping plateand the extremity of said downward addition, and means for rotatablysecuring a single roll of paper on said clamping plate.

3. The combination, in a table attachment for scoring and the like, of athin body portion having a downward addition and having overturnedlateral edges for guiding a strip of paper from a roll thereof, a flaphaving a transverse tearing edge thereon, a spring-controlled hingeconnecting the said flap and the body portion so that the flap normallypresses down on the latter, a clamping plate projecting longitudinallyunderneath the end of the said body portion to an extent not appreciablygreater than the size of a full roll of paper, a springcontrolled hingebetween the said clamping plate and the extremity of said downwardaddition, and means for rotatably securing a single roll of paper onsaid clamping plate.

4. The combination, in a table attachment for scoring and the like, of athin body portion having a downward addition and having overturnedlateral edges for guiding a strip of paper from a roll, an open flaphaving a transverse tearing-edge along its top edge and having depressedcross-bars, a spring-controlled hinge connecting the said flap and thebody portion, a clamping plate projecting longitudinally underneath theend of the said body portion to an extent not appreciably greater thanthe size of a full roll of paper, a spring-controlled hinge between saidclamping plate and the extremity of said downward addition, and meansfor rotatably securing a single roll of paper on said clamping plate.

5. The combination, in a table attachment for scoring and the like, of athin body portion having a downward addition and having overturnedlateral edges for guiding a strip of paper from a roll thereof, acutting edge flexibly secured to and supported transversely of the bodyportion, a clamping plate projecting longitudinally underneath the endof the bodyportion to an extent not appreciably greater than the size ofa full roll of paper, a spring-controlled hinge between said clampingplate and the extremity of said downward addition, and flexible bracketsattached to the said clamping plate and having pivots for entering thehollow center of a single paper roll and having flexible tongues orstrips bearing against the paper roll, all substantially as describedherein.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SYDNEY ELLioi r PAGE.

